photo: Tijani Sitou, My Embroidered Boubou and Pretty Radio, ca1978

Candace Keller (MSU Art and Art History) on her research on West African photographers, cultural histories, identities and aesthetics from the 1940s up to the present. Dr. Keller describes and explains the rich and varied photographic scene in Mali, its historcal roots and aesthetical and technological components, discusses leading photographers such as Malick Sidibe and Seydou Keita, and examines recent global expressions of this fine art.

Africa Past and Present: Episode 37 [ 33:36 ] Play Now | Play in Popup | Download

Our first anniversary episode! Historian Martin Klein (Emeritus, U. of Toronto) reflects on African history and historiography and his life’s work on slavery in West Africa. Klein then sheds light on his ongoing research (in cooperation with leading Africanists) on African slaves. He concludes with observations about the state of historical research in Senegal, Mali, and Guinea.

Africa Past and Present: Episode 20 [ 49:42 ] Play Now | Play in Popup | Download